House coat



E. SAYOUR HOUSE GOA-T Dec. 7, 1937.

Fild May 5,

1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTR Eli/a6 s youxr' L ATTORPNSYS 7 WITNESSES Dec. 7, 1937. E. SAYOUR 2,101,564

HOUSE COAT Filed May 5, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 7, 1 937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garments and particularly to an improved house coat.

An object of the invention is to provide a house coat which may be readily put on or taken off and which is constructed to conform more or less .to the figure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a house coat formed with a pair of side andfront members and aback member so constructed as to provide a desired fit at and adjacent the waistline both in the front and back.

Another object of the invention is to provide a house coat formed to present a proper fit and at the same time provide a reinforcing pair of panels at the front coacting with a slide fastener or other disengageable fastener for securing the parts together.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is ,a front perspective view of a house so coat disclosingan embodiment of the invention,

the same being illustrated on a figure;

Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of part of the upper portion of the coat shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a collar pattern, one end portion being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a. pattern of the reinforcing panel shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view through Fig. 2 approximately on the line 55;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional View through Fig. 2 approximately on the line 6-45;

Fig. '7 is a rear perspective view of the coat shown in Fig. l, the same being on a slightly reduced scale;

Fig. 8 is a view showing patterns for the back. side and sleeve members.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 'by numerals, the coat I as shown in Fig. 1 is provided with front panels 2 and 3 which extend 40 from the collar down to the bottom of the garment. The collar 4 covers the front end portion of the panels 2 and 3 and is preferably made of the same material so as to give a pleasing effect. The panels 2 and 3 are preferably made of different shades of material to the body of the coat so as to stand out prominently. If desired, the panels 2 and 3 could be made of the same material but of a different shade and bent over as shown in Fig. 6 to provide a reinforcement 5. The tape 6 of part of the slide fastener l is stitched to the panel 2 as shown in Fig. 6. A similar structure is provided for panel 3 so that the slide 8 may function in the usual manner. It will be understood that the slide 8 and in fact 55 the entire slide fastener is a well known structure now on the market and is merely used because it provides a desirable form of disengageable fastener. It will be noted that the garment I is open from the top to the bottom when the slide fastener is disengaged whereby it may be put on 5 and taken off as an ordinary coat. Suitable sleeves 9 and ID are connected to the body of the garment. These sleeves may be full as illustrated or made in any other design as preferred, although preferably they are made full with rather tight fitting edges ll.

As shown in Fig. 8 the garment is formed principally from a back member'IZ, right and left front members [3 and I4, and the sleeve members Ill. In addition there is provided the collar 5 and a reinforcing piece 15 as shown in Fig. 2. The pattern I 6 guides the cutter in forming piece l5 which is stitched at the upper end to the other parts of the garment by the stitching which forms the shoulder seam ll. Stitching l8 also secures the curved upper edge l9 to the collar 4 and to the front. The stitching l8 extends around the back and consequently from one end of collar 4 to the other for securing the collar to the top of the back l2 as well as the top portion of the right and left front members l3 and I l. The pattern 4' is used to guide the cutter in shaping the collar 4 which is almost rectangular.

In forming the back and two fronts as shown in Fig. 8 the parts are so constructed and so arranged that the front of the garment will appear as shown in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 8 the back 12 is provided with a skirt section 20 which has its sides tapering from the bottom to the waistline along curved lines so that the waistline portion 3 2| of the skirt will be about half as wide as the bottom. The waistline portion 2| merges into a body 22 which is formed with laterally extending portions 23 and 24. The body above portions 23 and 24 is provided with sleeve notches 25 and 26, while the extreme upper end is provided with an arc-shaped depression 21. In forming the portions 23 and 24 they are made slightly wider than necessary so that between the respective notches 28 and the respective points 29 the body 22 may be folded on a taper so as to present darts 30 and 3!. The respective edges 32 and 33 of these darts form the extending lines 34 and 35 as shown in Fig. '7 whereby the side edges of the back l2 appear to extend over or overlap body 22.

The respective portions 23 and 24 are adapted to fit into the notches 3B and 31 of the right and left fronts l3 and I4 whereby the curved notches 38 and 39 coact with the notches 25 and 26 to produce the desired sleeve openings for receiving the respective sleeves II]. The arrangement of the members 23 and 24 and associated parts in the back and in the two front members produces a desired fit at and adjacent the waistline as shown in Fig. 7. The front edges of the respective right and left fronts are preferably straight as indicated by the lines 48 and 4|. However, in order that the coat may properly fit the bust and at the waistline suitable darts are provided. For instance, darts 42 and 43 are arranged to extend from the respective shoulder seams l'l downwardly to near the bust line, said darts being located substantially half way between the sleeve openings and the front opening of the garment. In addition, double and oppositely pointing darts 44 and 45 are provided which cross the waistline and which consequently draw in or fit the waistline portion of the coat so that it will be molded more or less to the form of the user. Preferably the widest point of the double darts 44 and 45 is located at the waistline. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 8 the upper portions of the double darts are shorter than the lower portions. By this arrangement of darts the garment fits properly above the breast line and also at the waistline In the back the fit is secured by the particular construction and arrangement of members 23 and 24 and the coacting parts which form the notches 36 and 31.

Referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the collar 4 is double and is secured to the front and back members by the line of stitching l8 which is exposed while the line of stitching IB' is concealed. It will be understood that the various parts are secured together by suitable lines of stitching so that the finished garment will appear as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The double thickness of the collar 4, the reinforcing panels i5, and the reinforcing overlap 5 shown in Fig. 6 all assist in giving desired strength and bulk to cause a proper fit at all times. The panels 2 and 3 are preferably extensions of the body of the garment and folded over as shown in Fig. 6, although they could be made separate and secured in place by lines of stitching.

I claim:

1. A house coat comprising a back member, a pair of front members and a pair of sleeve members, said back member being formed with a skirt section tapering from the bottom to the waistline and a body section merging at its center into the top of said skirt section, said body section adjacent the waistline having side portions projecting laterally beyond. the skirt section, and a pleat formed in the body section adjacent each junction of the skirt section and said side portions, said pleats forming continuations of said skirt section whereby the top of the skirt section appears to overlap the body section.

2. A house coat comprising a back member, a pair of front members and a pair of sleeve members, said back member being formed with a skirt section tapering from the bottom to the waistline and a body section merging at its center into the top of said skirt section, said body section adjacent the waistline having side portions projecting laterally beyond the skirt section, a pleat formed in the body section adjacent each junction of the skirt section and said side portions, said pleats forming continuations of said skirt section whereby the top of the skirt section appears to overlap the body section, said front members being each formed with a straight vertical front edge for the full length of the garment and a rear edge formed with a cutaway portion receiving the projecting side portions of said body section, and disengageable means for disengageably securing said straight vertical front edges together.

ELIAS SAYOUR. 

